RESUME OF JOE RUSSO

AWARDS

YEAR COMPETITION SCREENPLAY AWARD

2020 LGBTQ Unboardered Intl. FF My Father’s Worst Nightmare Award Winner
2020 MovieBytes Winning Scripts My Father’s Worst Nightmare Top 10 Finalist
2020 Chicago Screenplay Awards Star Crossed Lovers Quarter Finalist
2018 LGBTQ INT’L Screenplay Comp My Father’s Worst Nightmare Top 3 Finalist
2018 Wayward Film Festival The Accomplice Semi Finalist
2017 Tea Dance Int’l Film Festival My Father’s Worst Nightmare Best Screenplay

OPTIONS
My screenplay titled The Accomplice was optioned by an Emmy and Peabody award winning producer.

OTHER
Wrote a teleplay for a TV sitcom, represented by Christopher Nassif and Associates, that was considered by Warner Brother’s TV division but not produced.

MEMBERSHIPS
• International Screenwriter’s Association. ISA Connect.
• Inktip

EDUCATION
Graduate of the College of Journalism at the University of South Carolina.